The Changing Meanings of the Welfare State

Nils Edling is a professor of history and work as a teacher and researcher in the History department at Stockholm University. His current research is on the conceptual history of the Swedish welfare state. He has previously studied the emergence of unemployment as a social problem in Denmark, Norway and Sweden and he has been active in different Nordic welfare history research networks since the 1990s.

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Acknowledgements



Introduction

Nils Edling



Chapter 1. Multiple Welfare States – Histories of a Keyword                                            

Nils Edling



Chapter 2. The Languages of Welfare in Sweden

Nils Edling



Chapter 3. The Concept of ‘Welfare State’ in Danish Public and Political Debates|

Jørn Henrik Petersen and Klaus Petersen



Chapter 4. The Winding Road of the Norwegian ‘Welfare State’

Per Haave



Chapter 5. The Conceptual History of Welfare State in Finland

Pauli Kettunen



Chapter 6. The Evolving Concept of the Welfare State in Icelandic Politics

Guðmundur Jónsson



Conclusion

Nils Edling



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